Phone consults ‘fantastic’ for students on the move 

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Phone consults ‘fantastic’ for students on the move 

New Zealand Doctor team

New Zealand Doctor team

Amanda Mitchell, specialist GP and urgent care registrar
Amanda Mitchell is a specialist GP at Westgate Medical Centre in Auckland and urgent-care registrar [Image: Canva composite]

This year’s Goodfellow Symposium was held at the Due Drop Events Centre in Auckland over the weekend of 22 and 23 March. Reporter Zach Thompson was there to pose a pertinent question to attendees: How do you feel about telehealth in primary care?

Phone consultations are “fantastic” and should have been part of primary care long ago, says Auckland specialist GP Amanda Mitchell.  While there a